[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 92 (Wednesday, June 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5625]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


   SUPPORT URGED FOR A REAFFIRMATION OF UNITED STATES COMMITMENT TO 
                           DEMOCRACY IN CUBA

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, today the House resumes consideration 
of the American Overseas Interests Act.
  This bill reduces spending by $3 billion over the next 2 years, and 
reforms our foreign policy institutions by folding three agencies into 
the State Department. Five recent Secretaries of State--Eagleburger, 
Baker, Shultz, Haig, and Kissinger--endorse this plan. The bill 
addresses important policy issues. It stops aid to countries that 
supply weapons to terrorist States and those who vote consistently 
against us in the United Nations. It cuts off aid to countries that 
provide aid to the Castro regime or which engage in subsidized trade 
with the Cuban dictatorship.
  Tomorrow, freedom-loving people are rallying at noon in Lafayette 
Park in front of the White House to protest the administration's policy 
of forcible repatriation of Cuban refugees. I encourage all of my 
colleagues to join in this protest and to demand a reaffirmation of 
this country's commitment to freedom and democracy in Cuba, and please 
support our bill this week.


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